Opioid inhibition of rat periaqueductal grey neurones with identified projections to rostral ventromedial medulla in vitro

Journal of Physiology

Volumn 490, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 383-389

  Osborne, Peregrine B ^a   Vaughan, Christopher W ^a,b   Wilson, Howard I ^a   Christie, MacDonald J ^a  

^a University of Sydney   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

4 AMINOBUTYRIC ACID RECEPTOR STIMULATING AGENT; BACLOFEN; ENKEPHALIN[2 DEXTRO ALANINE 4 METHYLPHENYLALANINE 5 GLYCINE]; METENKEPHALIN; MICROSPHERE; OPIATE; OPIATE AGONIST; OPIATE RECEPTOR; RHODAMINE;

ANALGESIA; ANIMAL CELL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BRAIN SLICE; CELL POLARITY; CELLULAR DISTRIBUTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; HYPERPOLARIZATION; HYPOTHALAMUS VENTROMEDIAL NUCLEUS; NERVE CELL; NOCICEPTION; NONHUMAN; PATCH CLAMP; PERIAQUEDUCTAL GRAY MATTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RAT;

EID: 0030054174     PISSN: 00223751     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1113/jphysiol.1996.sp021152     Document Type: Article

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